October brings us 5 snazzy XJ’s and a sweet MJ to choose from! This promises to be an interesting poll as COTM voters decide who will be the JF October 2012 Cherokee/Comanche Of The Month. Take time to carefully check them out and when you find your favorite, show your support and approval by casting your vote.

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Feel free to post up with positive comments or discussion and bump this thread as needed. This poll will close one week from today.

Here are your October COTM entries in the order received. Let’s get this started and see where it goes! :2thumbsup:

Optional: - The XJ is the project/toy Jeep of the fleet and was bought for the purpose of "saving" the WK from trail damage. After getting a chance to take it out a couple times I love what it is capable of so far. Still learning the platform and what it can do so I haven't pushed it too far just yet.

Optional: - So I went to a BBQ for my wife's work and the guy had this XJ just sitting there (he lives on 5 acres). I asked if he would sell the front axle (I hadn't really looked yet and I assumed it was a non-cad HPD30 - I was wrong), he said I'll sell you the whole thing for $100. So the next thing you know I've got this XJ sitting in my garage with the wrong front axle, a crappy rear axle, no grill, crappy motor/tranny, etc.

From there is just kind of happened. I found an MJ on CL for $100, bought it for $80 and took the grill and the tailgate and then got $125 from the junkyard. Then I found the tires on CL for $500, then a rear XJ D44 for $200 - I finally decided to go ahead and build it since I had all the parts - of course I had to go the junkyard and pull an actual non-cad HPD30 like I wanted in the first place...

Optional: - This is my first jeep, it had a few mods on it and I have added some of my own. I made rock sliders out of some old garage door rails and they look nice and are as tough as any sliders and have a removable step on the passenger rail for my wife. Future Mods include an 8.8 swap and I'm going to build my own rear bumper with tire carrier.

Optional: - As many of you know I started off with my SOA YJ on 35's, locked, yaddayadda. Loved wheeling it, hated driving it. Sold it and went on a search for a Cherokee at first, which turned into a quest for a Comanche. Found it bone stock in Nevada and drove it home to Oregon in the middle of the night. Ran like a champ! Spent the next month planning and buying parts as time allowed and finally piece by piece it came to what it is. Pretty proud at 19 to say I built this entirely and this is just the beginning :highfive:

You may be sleep depraved, or you might be right. Most everyone who enters is familiar to me so it all kind of runs together after a while.
I'm pretty sure everyone entered this month is in compliance with the entry rules though. :highfive:

tofuzeppelin

10-15-2012 09:05 PM

Voted none the less, just felt the need to double check.

ibjeepin95

10-15-2012 09:19 PM

Voted for the lowest rig!

Tom95YJ

10-16-2012 08:41 AM

Bump for Tuesday morning.

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Texsun

10-16-2012 09:50 AM

Something is unique about this COTM... lots of bumpers that are fairly similar in design and the MJ is sexy :)

Tom95YJ

10-16-2012 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Texsun

something is unique about this COTM... lots of bumpers that are fairly similar in design and the MJ is sexy :)

I have a Dirtbound hoop on my rigidco bumper and the mj has the Dirtbound bumper

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JeepN4KC

10-16-2012 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Texsun
(Post 14309226)

Something is unique about this COTM... lots of bumpers that are fairly similar in design and the MJ is sexy :)

My bumper was on the XJ from previous owner but I know the guy that fabbed it and I'd say he did a pretty bang-up job :thumbsup:

Texsun

10-16-2012 12:59 PM

I wasnt saying that yalls bumpers where the exact same, more along the line of the same concept. Just look at the front view of the vehicles. I am not knocking the bumper, just stating that they look similar and its a 1st for COTM.

XJcaveman

10-16-2012 03:42 PM

desert got my vote because I'm rocking the hood lift also

JeepN4KC

10-16-2012 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Texsun
(Post 14310178)

I wasnt saying that yalls bumpers where the exact same, more along the line of the same concept. Just look at the front view of the vehicles. I am not knocking the bumper, just stating that they look similar and its a 1st for COTM.

No I didn't take it that way - I was just following suit with an explanation of what mine is. I agree - they do all look similar and it's almost a theme for this month's contest. :D

BTW - I have to say, billb2011's second pic in his entry - awesome!

billb2011

10-16-2012 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeepN4KC
(Post 14311514)

BTW - I have to say, billb2011's second pic in his entry - awesome!

Thank you, that was before I bumpstopped and you can see my tire was into the fender a little, I used to cringe everytime I heard it rub real hard lol.

Alot of good looking XJ's and MJ this month, good luck to all!:cheers2: